UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

Lucky_Deity said:
Cool they're including CD's but I'll stick to my Crunchyroll LE, good for anyone who hadn't imported it though (though I know a number of us on here did).

Is a bit of a shame that they've split it into two CE's whereas the U.S. release was just one but I guess it's consistent with how AL originally released S1 (prior to the later LE which was just two amaray's and a small booklet which is the version I own for S1).
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Still not as bad as AL splitting up Gundam Build Fighters only for the standards to be complete and half the price.
 
Saying they're slacking on communication is a bit unfair!
I mean here's a twitter post they did advertising pre orders for their upcoming re-release of Nozaki Kun!

what's that? It just links to the original MVM release that's already available for purchase on AL's site.... 🤦‍♂️ ffs 😂

x.com

x.com x.com
 
It's actually quite hilarious that their advertisement links to MVM's release.

I know the people working the social media pages aren't the same as those actually working on authoring discs and whatnot, but the culture and values of a company comes from the top down and permeates the rest of the company.

If the guys on the social media pages can't even double check a link, no wonder the people authoring discs and writing booklets for releases often overlook things.
 
I know that some of the Animatsu/MVM re-releases have already been BBFC'd, thereby saving AL money, but they're also old, and there are not insignificant costs involved in designing and producing CEs for them. And in some cases these series have been allowed to go oop because, presumably, they weren't selling enough to justify renewing the licences. That X post linking to one of those old releases is tragically comical.

Meanwhile... Call of the Night, Dangers in My Heart, Oshi no Ko amongst other non-Crunchy series that haven't had a UK release apparently remain unlicensed. I'm not sure I get what AL are doing here.
 
fabio de lunatico said:
Meanwhile... Call of the Night, Dangers in My Heart, Oshi no Ko amongst other non-Crunchy series that haven't had a UK release apparently remain unlicensed. I'm not sure I get what AL are doing here.
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I suspect they are over-extending themselves with the Naruto and Bleach licenses. Naruto alone has more episodes than a typical AL slate for a whole year. Plus, most of AL's previous long releases (ie. Gundam) have just been clones of US discs, whereas they have said they will be rewriting the subtitles for Naruto.
 
fabio de lunatico said:
I know that some of the Animatsu/MVM re-releases have already been BBFC'd, thereby saving AL money, but they're also old, and there are not insignificant costs involved in designing and producing CEs for them. And in some cases these series have been allowed to go oop because, presumably, they weren't selling enough to justify renewing the licences. That X post linking to one of those old releases is tragically comical.

Meanwhile... Call of the Night, Dangers in My Heart, Oshi no Ko amongst other non-Crunchy series that haven't had a UK release apparently remain unlicensed. I'm not sure I get what AL are doing here.
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Don't worry, I have imported both of those series, so expect a UK announcement by Christmas. 😉
 
fabio de lunatico said:
I know that some of the Animatsu/MVM re-releases have already been BBFC'd, thereby saving AL money, but they're also old, and there are not insignificant costs involved in designing and producing CEs for them. And in some cases these series have been allowed to go oop because, presumably, they weren't selling enough to justify renewing the licences. That X post linking to one of those old releases is tragically comical.

Meanwhile... Call of the Night, Dangers in My Heart, Oshi no Ko amongst other non-Crunchy series that haven't had a UK release apparently remain unlicensed. I'm not sure I get what AL are doing here.
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Apparently Sentai are very difficult to work with and have very little urgency when it comes to sub licensing to the UK.
 
I'm sure Sentai have their own worries over reverse importation (if so, why not just pull the same card used on them from Japan and require MVM & co. to geolock discs to block US players?), but it sure would be nice to be able to buy a reasonably priced release of Oshi no Ko now and not in 2026.
 
Lucky_Deity said:
Cool they're including CD's but I'll stick to my Crunchyroll LE, good for anyone who hadn't imported it though (though I know a number of us on here did).

Is a bit of a shame that they've split it into two CE's whereas the U.S. release was just one but I guess it's consistent with how AL originally released S1 (prior to the later LE which was just two amaray's and a small booklet which is the version I own for S1).
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I cancelled when the UK CE was (re-)announced. Of course, I thought the uk version shown was all ready to go, and didn’t expect it to take that much longer. But more extras and box art.
sniper_samurai said:
Still not as bad as AL splitting up Gundam Build Fighters only for the standards to be complete and half the price.
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I dunno if it’s it’s a good thing you’ve jinxed this, and the standard edition is now going to all fit in a single case. And if you wait a year or two, it’ll be in the Xmas bogof.
 
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